Plagiarism which is defined as “the wrongful appropriation of other writers’ or authors’ works and ideas without citing or informing them” poses a major challenge to knowledge spread publication. Plagiarism has been placed in four categories of direct, paraphrasing (rewriting), translation, and combinatory. This paper addresses translational plagiarism which is sometimes referred to as cross-li...

introduction: plagiarism damages the scientific products. its effects on sciences producer, such as manufacturers, scientists, authors and the others is that they will not desire to write anymore. furthermore, research result is so important in medical sciences, because they are dealing with human life. therefore, this study aimed to identify the methods and types of crime in plagiarism. method...

This paper is an investigation on the perception of Kurdish EFL and non-EFL students plagiarism, as well causes that make resort to it. A group participated in research who were enrolled different departments at one universities Kurdistan region Iraq. The data was collected through a questionnaire followed by interviews get better understanding phenomenon question. findings current study show t...

OBJECTIVE To determine perceptions of acceptable conducts amongst under and postgraduate optometry students and to compare them with students from other disciplines. METHODS Students (under/postgraduate) of optometry (n=156) and other courses (n=54) from University of Minho participated in a voluntary online questionnaire about perception of conducts, classifying as acceptable or unacceptable...

Reports of falsification, fabrication, plagiarism, and other violations of research integrity across the sciences are on the increase. Joining with other disciplines to actively protect the integrity of the marriage and family therapy (MFT) research literature is of utmost importance to both the discipline and the future of the profession. To inform the issues raised, results are presented of a...

Effective assessment of laboratory practicals is a challenge for large-size classes. To reduce the administrative burden of staff members without compromising the student learning experience, we utilized dedicated computer software for short-answer question assessment for nearly 300 students and compared it with the more traditional, paper-based method of assessment of the same student cohort. ...

Plagiarism is a significant area of concern in higher education, given university students' high self-reported rates of plagiarism. However, research remains inconsistent in prevalence estimates and suggested precursors of plagiarism. This may be a function of the unclear psychometric properties of the measurement tools adopted. To investigate this, we modified an existing plagiarism scale (to ...